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• HCR 220 Entire Course
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• HCR 220 Week 1 Checkpoint Features of Health
  PlansHCR 220 Week 1 CheckPoint Payment Methods
  PresentationHCR 220 Week 1 Assignment Steps in
  the Medical Billing ProcessHCR 220 Week 2 DQ 1
  and DQ 2HCR 220 Week 2 CheckPoint Medical
  Records Documentation and Billing

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• HCR 220 Week 1 Assignment Steps in the Medical
  Billing Process
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• Assignment Steps in the Medical Billing
  Process 
• Resource Figure 1.6 on p. 17 of Medical
  Insurance
• Write a 500 to 750 word paper that lists the
  sequence of steps in the medical billing process.
  In your own words, provide a 3 to 4 sentence
  explanation for each step.

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• HCR 220 Week 1 Checkpoint Features of Health
  Plans
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• CheckPoint Features of Health Plans
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• Resource Table 1.1 on p. 13 of Medical
  Insurance An Integrated Claims Process Approach
• Write and post a 250 to 300 word response

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• HCR 220 Week 1 CheckPoint Payment Methods
  Presentation
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• CheckPoint Payment Methods Presentation 
• Resources Appendix B and Microsoft Help
  at http//support.microsoft.com/ 
• Create a 4 to 5 slide PowerPoint presentation in
  which you describe, in your own words, the
  fee-for-service and capitation payment cycles.

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• HCR 220 Week 2 CheckPoint Medical Records
  Documentation and Billing
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• CheckPoint Medical Records Documentation and
  Billing 
• Write a 250 to 300 word response to the
  following
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• Describe how compliance plans correlate to
  different medical records documentation
  standards.
• Which steps in the medical billing process

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• HCR 220 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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• Discussion Questions
• Summarize the purposes and provisions of HIPAA in
  one sentence. Also, explain how HIPAA relates to
  medical ethics and etiquette. What are some
  possible ramifications of a health care industry
  without HIPAA regulations?

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• HCR 220 Week 3 Assignment Understanding the
  Patient Intake Process
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• Assignment Understanding the Patient Intake
  Process 
• Resource Figure 3.1 on p. 75 of Medical
  Insurance
• Write a 750 to 1,050 word essay discussing
  strategies to improve patient intake efficiency
  not covered in the text.

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• HCR 220 Week 3 CheckPoint Eligibility, Payment,
  and Billing Procedures
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• CheckPoint Eligibility, Payment, and Billing
  Procedures 
• Resource pp. 8688 of Medical InsuranceWrite a
  250 to 300 word response to the following
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• Describe a factor that determines patient
  benefits eligibility.

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• HCR 220 Week 4 CheckPoint Determining Diagnosis
  Code Categories
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• CheckPoint Determining Diagnosis Code Categories
• Resource pp. 130-135 of Medical Insurance
• Due Date Day 5 Individual forum
• Post a response to the following Determine a
  diagnosis code category for the following case
  studies and explain the rationale for your
  selections

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• HCR 220 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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• Discussion Questions
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• Suppose you were helping a new office file clerk
  who was curious about the coding process. How
  would you explain appropriate use and purposes of
  the Alphabetic Index and Tabular List to the file
  clerk? What problems might occur if proper coding
  procedures are not used? Provide examples of
  problems and propose solutions. Due day 2 in the
  Main Forum.

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• HCR 220 Week 5 Assignment Assigning Evaluation
  and Management (E M) Codes
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• Assignment Assigning Evaluation and Management
  (E/M) Codes
• ResourcesFigure 5.3 on p. 161, and Table 5.4 on
  p. 165 of Medical Insurance
• Assign appropriate E/M codes for the following
  five cases
• Initial consultation performed for a 43-year-old
  woman with unexplained weight loss, abdominal
  pain, and rectal bleeding. A comprehensive
  history and examination is performed.

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• HCR 220 Week 5 CheckPoint Describing CPT Coding
  Categories
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• CheckPoint Describing CPT Coding Categories
• Resource p. 145 of Medical Insurance
• Write a 250 to 300 word response in which you
  assume you are a medical office manager who wants
  to make the coding process easier for employees
  to understand. To facilitate better understanding
  of this process

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• HCR 220 Week 5 Exercise Working with CPT
  Modifiers
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• Exercise Working with CPT Modifiers
• Resource Table 5.2 on p. 154 of Medical
  Insurance
• Complete the exercise by identifying the correct
  CPT modifier to its corresponding procedure for
  the following
• Bilateral procedures

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• HCR 220 Week 6 CheckPoint Applying Level II HCPCS
  Modifiers
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• CheckPoint Applying Level II HCPCS Modifiers
• Resource Table 6.2 on p. 195 of Medical
  Insurance
• Apply the appropriate Level II HCPCS code
  modifier for each of the following examples.
  Explain your rationale for each selection. 

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• HCR 220 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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• Discussion Questions
• How are permanent codes different from temporary
  codes? What could be the result of a system
  without permanent codes? Provide examples in your
  answer. Due day 2 in the Main Forum.

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• HCR 220 Week 7 Assignment Evaluating Compliance
  Strategies
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• Assignment Evaluating Compliance Strategies
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• Write a 750 to 1,050 word essay evaluating
  billing and coding compliance strategies. In your
  essay, provide an overview of the compliance
  process, and offer your judgment either
  supporting or criticizing a particular method.

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• HCR 220 Week 7 CheckPoint Errors and Compliance
  in Coding
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• CheckPoint Errors and Compliance in Coding
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• Resource pp. 207 211 of Medical Insurance, and
  Medical News Today Web site athttp//www.medicalne
  wstoday.com/
• Review the NPR Web site athttp//www.npr.org/templ
  ates/story/story.php?storyId5348863

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• HCR 220 Week 8 Checkpoint Complete a CMS-1500
  Claim Form
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• Checkpoint Complete a CMS-1500 Claim Form
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• Complete the CMS-1500 claim form worksheet
  located in Appendix C. If you believe information
  provided in the following list is insufficient to
  adequately fill a required field with data, for
  example, to supply a specific diagnosis code,
  indicate this by typing N/A.

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• HCR 220 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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• Discussion Questions
• How are the data elements contained in the HIPAA
  837 claim form similar to the CMS-1500, and how
  does each form relate to the claims process? In
  your opinion, do the similarities between HIPAA
  837 and CMS-1500 complicate or simplify the
  claims process? Explain your answers. Due day 2
  in the Main Forum.

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• HCR 220 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint
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• Capstone CheckPoint
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• Post a 250 to 300 word response in which you
  explain, in your own words, how HIPAA, ICD, CPT,
  and HCPCS influence each of the ten steps of the
  medical billing process.

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• HCR 220 Week 9 Final Project How HIPAA Violations
  Affect the Medical Billing Process
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• Final Project How HIPAA Violations Affect the
  Medical Billing Process
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• Part One  
• ResourcesAppendix A, Appendix C, and Table 8.3
  on pp. 258259 of Medical Insurance

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